TSRTC sees dip in commuters due to COVID second wave
Updated Apr 6, 2021, 6:36 am IST
There has been almost five per cent drop in passengers in the past few days after Coronavirus has become resurgent in the state
Schools and colleges are not functioning. That could be another reason for drop in passenger traffic. Representational image/AP
HYDERABAD: Rise in Covid-19 cases throughout Telangana state has manifested by way of decreasing numbers of people commuting using state road transport corporation buses, whether on its district or city bus services.
This mainly follows TSRTC staff, including conductors and drivers, adhering to the state-controlled corporation’s dictum of “No Mask No Journey”. On its part, RTC has also started a special campaign to inoculate its staff above 45 years against the virus.
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More grants sought for nomadic corporation
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Chairman of Karnataka Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Development Corporation K. Ravindra Shetty has said that he would meet Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and request him to release ₹250 crore for the development of nomadic communities as the corporation was getting ₹10 crore annually.” The corporation requires adequate grant sto implement development schemes for the nomadic and semi nomadic communities,” he added.
He was addressing a press conference in Yadgir on Thursday.
Mr. Shetty said that a majority of people from nomadic and semi nomadic communities are living without any basic facilities. They choose open places of any village or town and live there under temporary shelter and they move from one place to another for livelihood.